September 14, 2007

"That white round thing without any holes … have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I’ve never tasted it." --Alfred Hitchcock

To crew complaints that Tallulah Bankhead's habit of not wearing underpants was creating camera angle problems in shooting Lifeboat, Alfred Hithcock said:"I don't know if this is a matter for the costume department or the hairdresser."See Britney there nothing new under the sun...or the moon...or errr...whatever.

But it would be Hitch, yes, Hitch!, who would make egg salad on screen, wouldn't he? With the mayo and everything! And he would've taken malicious glee in filming you eat the egg salad, even worse! You, his cool blond! Yikes, will you now marry into royalty and live in Monoco? And do I get bonus points for analogizing you to Grace Kelly?

Scroll about halfway down this page for the Toro tartare with raw quail egg, pine nuts, and soy jelly. From Element in Atlanta. They also do a sous vide egg for brunch that you crack open and suck down like a raw oyster.

The best dish we had at Uchi in Austin when we ordered the omakase style dinner was some sort of raw steak and caviar with a raw quail egg. We accepted everything -- things we'd never have picked from the menu -- and it was delicious. One of the best things I've ever eaten.

"Omakase" Perfectly spelled (this time). A. Althouse is willing to learn, and remembers when taught. Making her blog thoughtful and witty, and attractive to trolls who are not. (And a few who are. But emphasis on "few".)

My favorite eggy delight: a few of the young'uns bashed together and some chicken and veggies all layered on top of a futon of glutinous rice, and all pressed for service into a finely crafted, substantially girthed bowl. Named: "Parents and Child in a (Big) Bowl"

"The best dish we had at Uchi in Austin when we ordered the omakase style dinner was some sort of raw steak and caviar with a raw quail egg. We accepted everything -- things we'd never have picked from the menu -- and it was delicious. One of the best things I've ever eaten."

Michael Farris: balut, along with BBQ'd monkey meat on a stick, both purchased from street vendors, got me through several Olongapo City nights, without which would have been otherwise nondescript bacchanalia. But then I've always been a meat and egg eater

However, I was at a meeting this week where one of my colleagues was eating a deli-made, over-generous egg salad sandwich on white bread, which he had sitting on top of some paper wrapping and I had to move to the other end of the table.